Fire Warrior (Warhammer 40,000) Kindle Edition

This book is honestly incredible. Its one of the few books I've read where the author manages to make action truly exciting. Many of the action scenes got my blood pumping even more than a movie would! Spurrier does a masterful job of making you feel what Kais feels. As the book begins, Kais is about to enter his first combat. The excellent descriptions and brilliantly done first-person narration create a genuine sense of dread and adrenaline, just as if you were there about to fight for the first time as well. The book keeps this up throughout, and it only gets better as the book goes on.The only problem with the book is that I feel one of the revelations at the end makes it much better if you know it going in. One or two of the action scenes can seem beyond belief otherwise, as can some of Kais' thoughts. Readers should stop reading here if they do not wish to know, but personally I feel this improves the book from the beginning:It turns out that Kais is possessed by a daemon of Khorne.All in all this is not only one of the best books I have ever read, but the best action book or film I have ever experienced. 5/5, I cannot recommend it enough!

I am a big fan of the Tau and there is a lot of interesting development that could be done with the race. Unfortunately, this novel provides very little in comparison to what is typical of Black Library novels. The basis for the story could make for a great novel but the writing was poor in comparison to other Warhammer 40,000 novels I have read. Had it been written by Dan Abnett, or Lee Lightner, it could have been a real treat.Some parts of the book were hard to follow the first time through, forcing me to go back and readjust my mental picture of what had just happened. Some things did not follow logically from the events that had already occurred, though it is evident later how they tie in. The characters are not very deep, and in some cases they are downright absurd. The novel covers a lot of events, and the pacing is sometimes inappropriate. This is an area where following the video game too closely probably hurt the novel. So many events occur that too little time is spent developing each one. A novel which only loosely follows the game, and omits many of the events from the game, would probably have turned out better. The Dawn of War omnibus is an example of such an approach.Having played the game this novel is based on, I did not expect much. The other reviews I found of this book were not encouraging either. I bought the book anyway because I was interested to see what development had been done with the Tau race and stories featuring the Tau are few and far between. I have read over 20 Warhammer 40,000 novels and this is the worst I have read by a significant margin. If you love the Tau, this book is mediocre but better than nothing. Otherwise, I would not recommend this book when there are so many great Warhammer 40,000 titles available.

If you're a Tau fan like me you'll know that there isn't a whole lot about the 40k universe from there perspective. For everyone else I probably would bother. I got it for $4 and I consider it money well spent.

Incredible read and one the best Warhammer books from the Tau perspective out there.

The story of this fire warrior from his first mission to possibly his last depending on how you read it. It's an amazing story that while not canon within the Warhammer 40k Mythos makes an interesting point of exploring the Tau under the Etheral's directions. If you don't understand what those mean or don't really care for 40k as a universe, that's fine and you should be able to get a decent idea of what the universe is like just reading it. It tackles subjects from the idea of a child trying to live up to their parent's legacy, political intrigue, find out that legends sometimes over shadow the truth, uneasy alliances and much more. It is not for those who don't like descriptive violence ,as it does go into detail on people's deaths and it's definitely not for those who have religious sensibilities that can be offended by talks of demonic possession and imagery.

I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The Tau have always been my favorite race in the 40k universe as they're the only empire who have the "Greater Good" as their way of life. I thought the story was believable and not too far fetched - Kais is described throughout as much more than a simple line soldier, and there are hints that his abilities might be hereditary. The insight into Tau culture and way of life was a breath of fresh air from the characteristically gothic 40k literature, and seeing the Imperium from an outsiders perspective is really interesting. Although I have to agree that at some points in the book *** MAYBE SPOILER??*** (aka the ending) that it really does read like a video game. The first 75% of the book isn't too bad, and very much worth the read if your itching for something other than a bunch of Imps or Space Marines.

Fire Warrior is nothing but Tau fluff, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Unlike most - most meaning all - the Tau in this novel feel more charismatic and human then the actual human. Never thought I would root for the alien side. All for the Greater Good.

So I was well-transversed with the game that shares the same name of plot of this novel, so it would be fun to compare the two. This came out not long after the release of the new Tau army, and in a world of Halo, it certainly had to copy that playstyle. It doesn't adapt as well as a written narrative though.So the story is that Kais has recently joined the Fire Caste, the army branch of the Tau Empire. Unlike the video-game character who was a silent protagonist, we follow along on this emotional journey as he carries scars of his upbringing, fears of going into combat and turning into a bloody savage as some points. It was very uneven as he was all over the place, for one moment almost completely breaking down and at other times being a killing-machine and a one-man army.The novel fleshes out certain things that the game left out, mostly that on the human side. We get a deeper look into Governor Serverus and his fall to chaos, we get to spend more time with the Space Marines fighting the Tau and some of the Tau side-characters that acted more like a info-dumper in the game. Having tried both mediums, they complete each other, but it is no masterpiece and I definitely think there has been written way beeter stories since this one, but you can always check it out if you are curious.

Perhaps the best book I have read to date. After reading several books based on the human race of the 40k universe I thought I'd delve into a non human race to expand on my love for the 40k universe, only to discover a story filled with grim conflict both in physical and internal battles of the fire warrior la'Kais. This book contains mildly disturbing visual descriptions and thoughts as well as genuinely moving contexts and conversations. My favourite book with out a doubt!

A really good book exploring the tau'va and it's exposure to the chaos God's, it was quite something to read a tau fire warrior chanting blood for the blood God!!!

Fire Warrior is a good SF novel set in the 41st milinium where there is only war.It has good action in there and the descriptions of the horrors of war and the gore are excellent and fitting for the tabletop game it derived from.However some of the main characters seem bland and have no real growth. The exceptions being La'Kais, the book's protagonist, his commanding officer, the Space Marine Captain and possibly Kais' friends Yhol and Ju who have very few lines. Also the lack of a main female character is a tad sad and same goes for a lvoe itnerest, but then again it is a war novel so you can let that slide.This novel is a good introduction to the Tau Empire, focusing rather on the Tau homeworld and the Tau race rather then the Kroot (who get mentioned) and Vespid, and gives the Space Marine/Imperial Guard fans also a little something to chew on. Chaos makes a strong appearence in the novel and really cranks up the gore elvels (as they should). Again this is a Tau novel so do not expect anything new expect maybe a new Space Marine Chapter called the Raptors whom I haven't seen in any other source but this one.This book is FAr superior then the game it was based on and is one of the black library's forgotten treasure's in my opinion. There is some good action here which focuses on a single Shas'la and how war and great expectations can mentally scar one for life.I recommend this book to Tau Empire fans, well only those who only care about the Tau race rather then the Kroot and Vespid allies, and some Space Marine/Imperial Guard fans to.Go forth for the Greater Good!

Arrived on time, I'll be happy to delve into some T'au literature.The book was a little battered and bent but all is well!